I want to do a research study on college students view bout homosexuality..but it have to find a purpose for doing so..or like a hypothesis. anyone have advice
2006-10-05 10:22:17 · 4 answers · asked by dnice 1 in Social Science ➔ Sociology
why do homosexuals think heterosexuals are more open to girl girl but not boy boy relationships/sex?
What makes heterosexual women try bisexuality the 1st time?
do college age homosexuals have more intimate partners on average than heterosexuals?
how many homosexuals that dated the opposite sex in high school did not know then that they were gay?
how many homosexuals have homosexual relatives in their immediate families?
2006-10-05 10:31:31 · answer #1 · answered by rwl_is_taken 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You would have to base your research on a theory. The best way to focus your research and find a theory is to go to your school library. Search PSYCHINFO for gay and lesbian issues. You can narrow it down by adding keywords that you are interested in such as parenting, family acceptance, marriage, discrimination, etc. This will show research already completed and published. Find the articles that best suit your needs. Often times you will find a study that doesn't cover a topic you want to know more about or limits the pool of participants. A lot of research is done to build onto previous research. This will also allow you to see what testing measures, surveys, etc are already out there. It's no use reinventing the wheel. Be careful though when you are designing your study. It's best to make surveys annonymous and avoid asking people their sexual preference. If not you will probably have trouble getting it through the IRB (internal review board) process which will hold up your data collection.
2006-10-05 20:03:32 · answer #2 · answered by Stacy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
Ask yourself why you want to research people's views about homosexuality?
This is as valid an area for research as any other but you are absolutely right when you say you have to find a purpose for doing so, and like any purposeful enquiry, the basic premise is it should add usefully to the sum of human knowledge.
Examine your thinking behind this want. What is your agenda?
Place your enquiry in context.
You intend to ask college students their views. How many? What age/class/creed/gender/race?
How will you analyse the responses you get - make sense of them - culturally and politically and in what light?
Whatever you do, if this is genuine research, don't ever decide what you want to say then match your findings to suit.
Talk to your tutor, mentor, study guide, fellow students and keep your mind open and flexible.
Good learning!
2006-10-05 17:57:15 · answer #3 · answered by kittyfreek 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hypothesis: Most young people are so hormone driven they care little for the societal opinions of their sexual activity, and so feel free to experiment in all ways, including practicing homosexual acts. They do not feel at liberty to condemn anyone else for these things.
2006-10-05 17:34:50 · answer #4 · answered by Sharon C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋